Trou08 Criqueboeuf plage

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Trou08 Criqueboeuf plage

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Criqueboeuf plage is a small promontory to the east of Villerville and can be accessed from along the beach from Villerville or parking in Criqueboeuf and walking down to the beach.

SHM

5cm KwK 39 L/60.
5cm KwK 39 L/60.
Schnabelstand, (Vf observation).
Schnabelstand, (Vf observation).
Skoda 4.7cm gun.
Skoda 4.7cm gun.

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Plan of most of StP Gruppe Trouville, K.V.A.'G'.

Map

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The walk from Villerville with debris all over the beach.

22 July 2008

Even a fossil.
Even a fossil.
Barbed wire.
Barbed wire.
Foundations.
Foundations.
Pipes.
Pipes.

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1 x Vf Skoda bunker (SK Pak).
1 x Schnabelstand, (Vf observation).
1 x R141c (Gruppe bunker).
1 x Vf58c Tobruk.
1 x NR1694 Ringstand 5cm KwK.
1 x SK. (Bf66) for 5cm Kwk.
1 x 4.7 Pak K.36(t).
1 x 5cm KwK L/60 Pak gun.

22 July 2008

Vf58c plan.
Vf58c plan.
NR1694 Ringstand.
NR1694 Ringstand.
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R141c Gruppe bunker.

22 July 2008

A lovely old side valve engine.
A lovely old side valve engine.
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R141c Gruppe bunker.

22 July 2008

A lovely old side valve engine.
A lovely old side valve engine.
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R141c Gruppe bunker on the left and the protective wall on the right. Some may have a Tobruk actually fitted into the wall to protect the rear door.

22 July 2008

here
here
Alarm!
Alarm!
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R141c Gruppe bunker a closer look at that wall.

22 July 2008

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R141c Gruppe bunker entrance with its close combat window and the niche on the right may have held a speaking tube?

22 July 2008

Speaking tube.
Speaking tube.
Plan.
Plan.

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R141c Gruppe bunker turning right

22 July 2008

Plan.
Plan.

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R141c Gruppe bunker 19P8 door.

22 July 2008

Plan.
Plan.
19P8 steel door with a small glass window and a rubber gas seal.
19P8 steel door with a small glass window and a rubber gas seal.

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R141c Gruppe bunker crew room. The uprights have hooks on to hold bed bunks. There would be steel strips bolted to the wall with corresponding hooks.

22 July 2008

Bed in storage.
Bed in storage.
How the bunk beds looked.
How the bunk beds looked.

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R141c Gruppe bunker the bolts in the wall to hold the steel uprights.

22 July 2008

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Bunk fittings.
Bunk fittings.

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R141c Gruppe bunker close combat window.

22 July 2008

48P8 close combat window.
48P8 close combat window.
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R141c Gruppe bunker frame of the gas pressure pump to overpressure the air inside the bunker to stop gas entering the bunker. The pump would be hand driven.

22 July 2008

An almost complete system.
An almost complete system.
German gas mask.
German gas mask.
Gas filter.
Gas filter.

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R141c Gruppe bunker behind the 410P9 door is the escape hatch.

22 July 2008

410P9 escape door.
410P9 escape door.
Escape.
Escape.

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R141c Gruppe bunker store room.

22 July 2008

141c plan.
141c plan.
Rations.
Rations.
Stores.
Stores.

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R141c Gruppe bunker showing the steps down into the bunker.

22 July 2008

141c elevation.
141c elevation.

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R141c Gruppe bunker in the distance.

31 October 2010

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Ringstand for a 5cm KwK..

22 July 2008

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Escape with its steel steps broken away from a bunker.

22 July 2008

The different ways of making the escapes.
The different ways of making the escapes.

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SHM plan.

SHM

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Ringstand for a 5cm KwK.

22 July 2008

How it may have looked.
How it may have looked.
5cm KwK emplacement.
5cm KwK emplacement.
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Ringstand for a 5cm KwK.

22 July 2008

Ringstand for a 5cm KwK and a Vf66 bunker.
Ringstand for a 5cm KwK and a Vf66 bunker.

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Ringstand for a 5cm KwK.

22 July 2008

Bf66 and ringstand.
Bf66 and ringstand.
Ammunition niches all the way around.
Ammunition niches all the way around.
Ammunition niche broken away.
Ammunition niche broken away.

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Ringstand for a 5cm KwK.

30 October 2010

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It may have looked very much like this one at Trou04.
It may have looked very much like this one at Trou04.

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Ringstand for a 5cm KwK.

30 October 2010

5cm KwK Pak L/60.
5cm KwK Pak L/60.
5cm KwK Pak L/60.
5cm KwK Pak L/60.
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22 July 2008

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Bf66 entrance.

22 July 2008

Bf66 plan.
Bf66 plan.

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Bf66 possibly the ammunition room.

22 July 2008

Stacked ammunition.
Stacked ammunition.
Bf66 ammunition room.
Bf66 ammunition room.
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Bf66 crew room with the escape hatch in the rear wall.

22 July 2008

Crew room.
Crew room.
Bf66 plan.
Bf66 plan.
410P9 escape door.
410P9 escape door.

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Schnabelständ, (Vf observation) and SK Pak..

22 July 2008

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Schnabelständ, (Vf observation).

30 October 2010

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Schnabelständ, (Vf observation). Note the camouflage effect above the main structure.

22 July 2008

Schnabelstand, (Vf observation). Vf Skoda bunker (SK Pak).
Schnabelstand, (Vf observation). Vf Skoda bunker (SK Pak).
Schnabelstand, (Vf observation).
Schnabelstand, (Vf observation).
Observation room.
Observation room.

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Schnabelstand, (Vf observation).

22 July 2008

Crew room.
Crew room.
Schnabelstand, (Vf observation).
Schnabelstand, (Vf observation).

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Schnabelständ, (Vf observation) with the tide coming in.

22 July 2008

Observation room.
Observation room.

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Schnabelständ, (Vf observation).

30 October 2010

Observation room.
Observation room.
Observation room.
Observation room.
Close up of the camouflaged concrete.
Close up of the camouflaged concrete.

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Schnabelständ, (Vf observation).

22 July 2008

During construction.
During construction.
During construction.
During construction.

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Schnabelständ, (Vf observation).

22 July 2008

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30 October 2010

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Schnabelständ, (Vf observation) from SHM. Behind is the 5cm KwK Ringstand and gun.

SHM

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Vf Skoda bunker (SK Pak).

30 October 2010

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Vf Skoda bunker (SK Pak). The embrasure with the spent ammunition vat in front to catch the shells from the 4.8cm cannon.

30 October 2010

An original picture of the bunker and I have outlined the camouflage effects painted on it.
An original picture of the bunker and I have outlined the camouflage effects painted on it.
4.7cm cannon shell.
4.7cm cannon shell.
4.7cm shell case.
4.7cm shell case.
4.7cm ammunition.
4.7cm ammunition.

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Vf Skoda bunker (SK Pak) rear entrance.

30 October 2010

Vf Skoda bunker (SK Pak) showing the chicane entrance.
Vf Skoda bunker (SK Pak) showing the chicane entrance.
Vf Skoda bunker (SK Pak) showing the chicane entrance.
Vf Skoda bunker (SK Pak) showing the chicane entrance.

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Vf Skoda bunker (SK Pak). The main door either its all been removed or it was never fitted??

30 October 2010

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Vf Skoda bunker (SK Pak).

30 October 2010

Vf Skoda bunker (SK Pak).
Vf Skoda bunker (SK Pak).

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4.7cm Skoda Pak. It was designed to fit inside a bunker and a special steel embrasure set into the concrete of the bunker.

30 October 2010

The gun in situ.
The gun in situ.
Vf Skoda bunker (SK Pak).
Vf Skoda bunker (SK Pak).

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The special steel embrasure set into the concrete of the bunker. .

30 October 2010

770P4 steel embrasure.
770P4 steel embrasure.
4.7cm shell case.
4.7cm shell case.
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Vf Skoda bunker (SK Pak).
Vf Skoda bunker (SK Pak).

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Vf Skoda bunker (SK Pak). The observation slit where the gun commander would shout fire orders to the gunners.

30 October 2010

Gun commander viewing through the slit.
Gun commander viewing through the slit.

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Vf Skoda bunker (SK Pak).

30 October 2010

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Casemate pour canon de 47mm.

SHM